ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] lowering head...
Re: [endurance] lowering head...
Nikki Ward (u913558@student.canberra.edu.au)
Wed, 29 May 1996 15:47:50 +1000 (EST)
add my ditto to this list! :-) dippy has done this so bad he has actually
given himself gravel-rash on his nose! it's usually later in the ride,
more often in training than competition, and he'll stop if i ask. i've
ruled out "going down for air", actually sniffing the ground and any
sort of evasion technique. does anyone think it could be a bad saddle fit
or some other discomfit? i, like shareeka, ask him to lift his head
(because of the gravel rash), but maybe they're better travelling that
way if they want? any ideas?
nik & the gang (taaj, saki, dippy & sabe) in australia
> In a message dated 96-05-16 23:14:17 EDT, Shareeka@aol.com writes:
>
> >I do not know what it is or why but at some time during the ride
> >SNIP my horse will stretch his neck down sort of like a
> >bloodhound and like he is smelling his way down the trail or something. I
>
> Ditto to Shareeka. My horse does the same sometimes. He gets going at a
> really big trot and the bigger the trot, the lower the head! He can actually
> roll into a nice canter from that position, scarry! I'm interested too.
>
> Mary and Monte